Put The Vintage PEW PEW Back In Your Life With A Steampunk Ray-Blunderbuss (1)
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Weta Collectibles is releasing a limited edition of 50 of this steampunk rifle, Lord Cockswain's "Unnatural Selector" A Ray-Blunderbuss from Dr. Grordbort. What do you get for your $4,500 - $7,900 (depending on what edition number you want)? • 100% designed and crafted at multi Academy Award winning Weta Workshop in New Zealand • Built from metal, glass and rare Venusian Worm Oak (imitation wood....which under Earth conditions is surprisingly similar to resin) • The ...
“Young Lady, You Don’t Look a Day Over 65″: Elderspeak and Its Effects (1)
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Hearing people address elderly strangers in overly familiar terms such as “dear” or “sweetie” has always bothered me. When I’m out with my grandmother and someone (generally an overzealous salesperson) goes the “dear” route with her, it always seems so patronizing and disrespectful. Whatever happened to a good old-fashioned “Ma’am”? As it turns out, new research on the subject of “elderspeak” justifies my discomfort: such informal terms of address can cause people to view aging ...
回到过去：Google 2001 (1)
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7年对于人类社会来说只是短暂的瞬间，但对于HTTP上的互联网来说却是足够漫长的历史。 至少从Google 2001的角度看，“新番”应该是新品种的番茄，“网页标准”主要是Frontpage 2000，“日本首相”是森喜朗，“dot com buble”已经被戳破，“Web 2.0”却指向Netscape，“神舟”还在二号，“北京奥运”呼声一片……这时中国互联网还充斥着快要退出历史的20-100MB不等的免费空间，myrice，chinaren，163或etang等等，在人们对超长的URL厌倦了之后，免费的二级域名开始上浮，直到域名注册近乎傻瓜化和平民化的今天。许多元老级网站的前身乃至前前身就是它们，虽然我可以拍胸口说总有一些家伙，7年都用同一个首页排版的。 Google 2001附带了Internet Archive链接，只要它们不倒，这些老页面就不会消亡。期待Yahoo时间胶囊打开的那一天。PS：祝旅客们国庆愉快。忘了说，Google 2001只开一个月，欲学老人回忆往事蛋痛者请从速。
eBay: Castle Crashing With Your Own Ballista (1)
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Some crazy mothers in the United Kingdom are selling a full-size Roman ballista on eBay. Yes, this is for real. We are selling a full-size Roman siege catapult (or ballista), which we believe to be the only one of its kind (for at least 2000 years). The catapult was recreated by a team of experts, following all known records, as accurately as possible - and then successfully fired. It was created for the BBC, for ...
The Good Wife&8217;s Guide & phocks (5)
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While unpacking around the new house yesterday, I noticed this on top of Fletch’s pile of papers. Such a laugh, I had to steal it and scan it. It is uncertain if those are his underlines and highlights, or even if it is for real or just a satirical piece. It’s funny all the same. 1955, what a time to live.
50 anos de Madonna! Que medo! (1)
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Gastando apenas entre R$ 180 a R$ 600, os cariocas e paulistanos têm a oportunidade incrível de assistir um show dessa criatura sexy e maravilhosa de apenas 50 aninhos. Para todos os fãs da Madonna, fiz uma galeria aqui de fotos dessa diva eterna em seus melhores momentos! O HORROR! O HORROR!
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Introducing a new book from the Makers of "Where's Waldo" (2)
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Rules: How many black people do you see (discounting security and television personnel)?
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"Rules: How many black people do you see (discounting security and television personnel)?"
Hasan Abad Square (2)
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Tehran, Hasan Abad, 2008/3/21 Exif: Canon EOS 30D, Shutter Speed:1/160, Apreture:F/6.3, ISO:100 @ 17mm
John McCain Doesn’t Need Your Bullshit (1)
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Why should such an obviously honorable, heroic, and let’s be honest, pure human being have to waste his time answering “questions” from “reporters” from Time “Magazine”? I mean, look. He’s already told you he should be president. And that should be enough for you info-nazis. When those presumptuous dudes from Time bothered him on his plane, he really showed them. Here are some of my favorite one-line answers that he gave: “Read it in my ...
Facebook Changing In September (1)
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If you’re a Facebook user, you’ve probably noticed the new layout by now. While it has plenty of flaws, overall, it really helps blend the site together properly. A lot of my friends tend to not agree with me and switch back to the old version but soon they’ll be shit out of luck. Come September, Facebook will permanently switch over to the new layout. Says a Facebook exec: “Around 20% of our users have ...
Thatcher's struggle with dementia (1)
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Former Prime Minister's daughter Carol has reveals her pain at the decline of her mother's "blotting paper" memory.
Drawings of Early Microscopes Show Artistry in the Pursuit of Science [Retromodo] (3)
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Ah, where would science be if not for the contributions of the humble microscope? Did you know that the development of the world's first microscope began in 11th century Iraq, when scientist and polymath Ibn al-Haytham recorded all sorts of data about lenses, binocular vision, mirrors and observable properties of light his The Book of Optics? That would make this pioneering technology more than a thousand years old. BibliOdyssey has amassed a great collection of ...
Old watch-like navigation gadget from 1920 (10)
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Way, way, way, way, way before the days of the Global Positioning System, people had to navigate using devices like the Plus Fours Routefinder, shown above. It’s from back in 1920 and consisted of a collection of small scrolling maps that you’d “load” into the watch-like device before your trip. As you progressed along your route, you’d scroll the map forward to reveal your next turn, mileage, and where to stop. Alas, it was ahead ...
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I want one, they look more fun than demanding sat-navs with their bossy attitude
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old time gps
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Something we noticed while looking up info on Blockbuster.com today: the $25 cash back promo they've got going with PayPal is still being promoted on the front page of their site, but the fine print says it expired on August 31st. You probably shouldn't take advantage of that "offer" until Blockbuster clears up the expiration question.Shared by Kwasi (80)Contribute commentMashable! (4091) permalink
If a post on Facebook’s developer blog is accurate, you have less than a week to make your call for no change. That’s right, no change. a group of members have coalesced behind a petition, massing together “Against the ‘New Facebook’” to send Zuckerberg and the rest of them out in Palo Alto a message: “We’re not saying get rid of the new layout, just that they should keep the old one and let us ...Shared by A Librarian (25) adam (1079) Adam Maldonado (229) Alard (22) Allan Ruiz (1) ameo (10) Atul Karmarkar (6) Avi (17) Benedict Lee Zhi En (141) Benjamin (502) Brandon (39) Brendon Wadey (42) Cai Chen (6) Ch (97) Chris Waldal (0) Dani McDaniel (47) Darren Isbrecht (97) davidjtate (30) Dean Clark (44) Doug (68) Drew Olanoff (127) Elizabeth (32) Fernando (20) Humberto Gonzalez (49) ilias Charis (26) Jay (37) Jimmy Buck (13) Joe (117) Joey Foxenberger (63) Katie Fellows (36) Krazy (521) Kristen (18) Leena (1101) Lev Cantoral (7) Madhav Tripathi (1) Mani Karthik (97) Matt Smith (18) Mihnea (14) najee (226) neal (402) Patrick (20) Rami Taibah (298) Rex (150) Richard Bagshaw (0) Robert (28) Ryan Lewis (165) sadiq kassamali (30) Shane Coffey (267) Shinil Payamal (38) Sonia (4) stefan (0) Steve (221) Suraj Chandrakar (21) teh roflmaoer (14) Thinh (0) Tommy Inglis (56) Travis (43) Travis Wright (53) Trebel (20) w0lfh0und (487) will (130) William Hammock (2) Zak M. (763)Loldogs 'n' Cute Puppy Dog Pictures - I Has A Hotdog! (0) permalink
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